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[further explanation needed] The only character to use a quarterstaff in the early ballads is the potter, and Robin Hood does not take to a staff until the 17th-century Robin Hood and Little John. [37] The political and social assumptions underlying the early Robin Hood ballads have long been controversial. J. C.
Joseph Ritson (2 October 1752 – 23 September 1803) was an English antiquary known for editing the first scholarly collection of Robin Hood ballads (1795). After a visit to France in 1791, [1] he became a staunch supporter of the ideals of the French Revolution. [2] [3] He was also an influential vegetarianism activist. [4]
A Gest of Robyn Hode (also known as A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode) is one of the earliest surviving texts of the Robin Hood tales. Written in late Middle English poetic verse, it is an early example of an English language ballad, in which the verses are grouped in quatrains with an ABCB rhyme scheme, also known as ballad stanzas.
In Pyle's wake, Robin Hood has become a staunch philanthropist protecting innocents against increasingly aggressive villains. [1] Along with the publication of the Child Ballads by Francis James Child, which included most of the surviving Robin Hood ballads, Pyle's novel helped increase the popularity of the Robin Hood legend in the United States.
Willie and Earl Richard's Daughter (Child 102, Roud 3910) is a traditional English-language folk ballad. [1] It recounts the birth of Robin Hood, but is not part of the Robin Hood cycle; Francis James Child rejected the title The Birth of Robin Hood for it on those grounds.
These were cheaply printed collections of later Robin Hood ballads. The first Robin Hood novel written, although not published, is Robert Southey's 'Harold, or, The Castle of Morford' (1791). [6] [7] This exists in manuscript form in the Bodleian Library. The first published Robin Hood novel was the anonymous Robin Hood: A Tale of the Olden ...
The Jolly Pinder of Wakefield (Roud 3981, Child 124) is an English-language folk song about Robin Hood.The oldest manuscript of this English broadside ballad, according to the University of Rochester, dates back to 1557, [1] and a fragment of the ballad appears also in the Percy Folio.